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Tips

As CEO of appbot, a service that monitors and analyzes app reviews, Stuart has a lot of knowledge on app reviews and how to get them. In investigating Apple's recently implemented rating prompt, he discovered just how powerful it can be.

Tutorials

Build your own Today Extension with this new tutorial. Being able to access your app quickly with a Today Extension will not only give users the data they want, but it will help encourage them to open and remember your app. Anything to get in front of the user, right?

Xcode

Lots of excellent tips from Paul here. From which iPhone to base your design on to handling difficult constraints, the sheer number of tips in this post is amazing. You won't remember them all, so be sure to bookmark this link to look over when Interface Builder is getting the best of you.

If you deal with text formatting on iOS, this is a super handy tool you won't want to miss. Submitted by Indie iOS Focus Weekly reader Andres Canal, this attributed string creator makes it easy to format text and get copy/paste ready code.

Beginners

Here's a simple and basic introduction to threading with GCD. Since any time-consuming process should be run on a background thread, understanding how GCD works is crucial to building a responsive app.